transportation everywhere. i want to be with a guy that values the environment. [ applause ] >> well, nate, is this baggage something you can accept? >> i find not letting me drive a little extreme. i have actually dated two vegans before and i found them to be extremely controlling people about everything. i did. it is hard, because you are a gorgeous, beautiful woman, anna, but i cannot accept that baggage. >> i'm sorry, anna. it is time to pack up and go. thanks so much for being on the show. >> thank you. there are plenty other geeks who are ecofriendly too. >> there goes anna for her long walk home. >> no match today. we will see you next time on

"baggage" where they are an open and shut case. >> she is the hottest vegan i have ever met. i can't let her control me. >> i had fun. honey, don't use your sleeve. for cold and flu season, there's clorox bleach.

>> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> taxi terror on streets of san francisco this morning. a smashed taxi windshield, shots fired, a chase, and finally a

suspect in custody. >> terrified taxi driver says the rampage started with a man jumping on the windshield of the cab in an upscale san francisco neighborhood at 4:00 this morning and it escalated all over the city. abc7 news reporter, cornell bernard, picks up the story. >> it is hard to believe the most affluent neighborhood was a crime scene until a few minutes ago at jackson and spruce after police say a carjacking suspect tried to ram them. the stolen san francisco taxi is towed away. this man, now in custody, climbed on the roof of the cab and starting jumping up-and-down, breaking the windshield and terrifying the cab driver. >> the driver, i was toll, -- told, he was terrified and fled. the suspect entered the cab and drove away but there was a g.p.s. device inside and police

tracked the carjacking suspect to presidio heights when officers tried to stop the cabbie blocking the street with their patrol cars. >> that is when the driver literally drove at the officer. the officer just reacted by trying to get out of the way of the car. he defended himself. >> multiple rounds were fired into the taxi but the suspect was not hit. police say he kept driving. the g.p.s. led the police to bay street where the suspect was found and arrested. neighbors in quiet upscale presidio heights can not believe it happened here where the sound of gunfire is very rare. >> on jackson street? on a friday morning? we are automatic surprised. >> first time i have pensed something -- experienced something like this. in this kind of neighborhood? it is highly unlikely. >> the 25-year-old's name is not

released. he is being chargeed with carjacking and assault on a police officer. it is amazing that anyone was hurt today. >> cornell, thank you. some people could see trash linger on the curb waiting to be picked up. workers went on a five hour strike this morning. sky 7 was over the picket line at entrance to the oak facility. abc7 news reporter, katie marzullo, is live. what is the situation, katie? >> kristen, to look at it you would not know anything happened this morning. it was at 3:00 a.m. hundreds of workers here in oakland but also in san leandro and hayward and livermore, formed picket lines. the strike ended at 8:00 a.m. but the effects could be felt all day. >> most people in oakland were probably sound asleep when hundreds of employees put on their vests and refused to go to work. >> it sent a strong message that this company is not going to be above the law and people will call when there is this kind of

problem. >> for example, the international long shoremen union spokesman says that waste management is using e verify illegally and picking on immigrant workers. the company says the claim is unfounded. >> the company wasn't supposed to use it without consulting with workers. they violated that rule. they also used it improperly. that resulted in workers losing their jobs. it is also being used by the company to try and threaten and intimidate workers when we instituteed e verify and identified some employees who did not have the proper requirements to be employed, they were given time to go and correct it, and provide documentation. they had six to eight months to do that. they did not do it. >> david tucker says three employees were fired. the truck drivers were not on strike this morning but joined in solidarity where customs will feel the impact as the trucks

rolled out, hours late. >> normally the drivers will hit the streets around 6:00. we are late by a couple of hours but we will be on the road until 6:00 tonight. >> if you live in alameda county and the trash is not picked up by 6:00, waste management says they will be picked up tomorrow. live in oakland, i am katie marzullo. >> happening now, a former san francisco police crime lab technician accused of stealing drug evidence is expected to change her plea. the 62-year-old woman is in federal court right now set to plead guilty to misdemeanor possession for taking cocaine from the crime laboratory in 2009. the lesser charge that results in the plea deal carry as maximum one year sentence. to previous trials resulted in a hung jury. because of the scandal, 500 drug-related cases were dismissed. >> the army now says they did not prosecute a former soldier

on rape charges because there wasn't enough evidence. the former soldier killed to santa cruz police officers. goulet was accused in two rape cases in 2006 but the army says d.n.a. testing failed to link him to the victims. last month, goulet gun down a santa cruz detective elizabeth butler and loran "butch" baker, and the former defense secretary and bay area members of congress are demanding information on how the military handled the case. reuters suspended with pay a journalist accused of conspiring with a hacker group. the 26-year-old is facing federal charges for allegedly promising hackers access to the website of his former employer "the tribune." later, hackers change add story in the "los angeles times" owned by the tribune. if convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. he was a web producer here at abc7 news before joining reuters >> a teacher arrested on charges

of possessing child pornography is in the hospital after attempting suicide. he expected to survive an overdose. he was arrested on wednesday at the school where he taught in seaside. a search of the san jose home turned up more than 1,000 video clips and photographs of children who appear to be under 10 years old. he worked in san jose as a substitute teacher from 2008 until just a few weeks ago. the union school district has notified parents at the school where he worked and police are asking parents to talk to their children about any contact. >> in santa cruz county teams are searching for a missing man who suffered a head injury. the 20-year-old matthew abraham was last seen by his parents on wednesday at their home in scotts valley. searchers will look for him where he liked to bow biking riding.

he suffered from a concussion over the weekend. and a year ago a morgan hill teenager has been missing while walking to a bus stop near her home. the prosecutors have charged a man with kidnapping and murder although the body has never been found. tomorrow morning at 9:00, balloons will be released at the search center in morgan hill with a fundraiser held at 1:00 o'clock p.m. can you find more information on our website at abc7news.com. >> city college of san francisco is facing a deadline today to answer questions about the way taxpayer money is being spent. the school is in danger of losing the accreditation over the issue and students and faculty manner from the campus to city hall yesterday to protest cuts made by the school to balance the budget. city college officials have until today to prove an acredit ting commission they are more financially secure and the commission will decide the school's fate in june.

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argentina's murderous military dictatorship in the 70's and 80's. the controversy comes as the pope prepares for his inauguration. abc7 news reporter, marci gonzalez, has the latest from rome. >> a standing ovation this morning for pope francis. he holds a meeting with the cardinals for the first time. his message was to find new ways to build the catholic church and to use the wisdom of old age to reach out to the youth. his style in speech and in aentire reinforcing his reputation as a simple man, so humble that as a cardinal in argentina he would visit the slums and wash the feet of the poor. i was shocked, why me? why would this man pick me? it is unusual for a cardinal to clean the feet of addicts. >> today an effort to wash away the rumors and a spokesman denying lingering accusations as

a cardinal he stayed sigh element about human rights abuses and failed to protect two priests who were kidnapped by the former military government of argentina. >> the accusations must be firmly denied. >> the negative claims dismissed and pope francis visited what will be his new pope at the vatican that was unsealed, corridors for ad -- for a modest pope. on tuesday there will be the inaugural mass and he urges everyone at home in argentina who wants to be here to celebrate wi the first pope ever from latin america to, instead, stay home and save their money to give to the poor. >> happening now, more trouble for carnival cruise line, a ship is stuck in port and a second ship is having trouble getting home. this ship, the carnival legend, is the second carnival cruise affected in the caribbean in two days.

the company says mechanical problem with the engine system has slowed the speed and the captain is skipping a stop and headed to florida. in st. martin, passengers abortion the stranded carnival "dream" will be flown home after a problem with an emergency generator on that ship. >> everyone gave me a lard time when i was booking this cruise saying i cannot believe you are going on a carnival cruise after what happened. >> last month, an engine fire left the triumph stranded with 4,200 passengers on board for five days. this happens as they reporting a profit, earning $37 million in the first quarter. >> st. patrick's day weekend is here and our meteorologist, mike nicco, has the forecast. >> breezy and cool conditions but you do not need to worry about an umbrella. that is in the back half of the seven-day outlook and we will talk about the clouds and how they keep the temperatures down today. >> mike, thank you. >> the new smartphone that could give apple a run for its money.

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>> novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the new smartphone of samsung could give the iphone a big run for its money loaded with features that the iphone

doesn't offer including allow users to scroll by waving a hand over the phone. another feature detects eye movement. it will pause a video if you turn away and resume when you look back at the phone. the phone hits stores in a month or two at a price of $300. >> that is cool. >> the last big part of the new downtown traffic loop if hayward begins tonight and will continue through the weekend. this is animation provided by the city of hayward showing how the loop works starting at the speaker section of foothill boulevard and mission and jackson street. this part of the 238-corridor improvement project is designed to ease congestion and make downtown access easy and it will be done in time for the monday morning commute fishing -- finishing three years after getting started. ought census buyer row estimates the population of show is around 967,500 up 21,000 from 2010.

san francisco has 813,000 people, up 7,600. oakland's population is under 396,000, up 5,100. >> some of those people could be at the st. patrick's day parade tomorrow. mike? >> a couple of parades, one in san francisco, the oldest at 162, and dublin/pleasanton in the east bay, so we will l outside and show you what is going on. we will march through the next seven days starting with live doppler 7 hd show how dry it is with the high clouds out there again, we do not have any rain falling from them. we have fast wind over the ocean so if you are thinking about going out there, small craft advisory now through 3:00 a.m. saturday with winds gusty from the northwest at 15- to 25-knots from south beach to the south you can see at&t park. we are talking about temperatures right now in the upper 50's for san francisco, oak, san jose, palo alto, walnut

creek at 62. mill valley is at 60. looking to the east, you can see mount diabolo in the distance from the east bay. temperatures in napa and livermore and hayward and los gatos, mid-to-upper 50's. fairfield is warmer at 63 degrees. we will have high clouds and sun today with mild temperatures today, a lot like yesterday. it will be breezy but dry with temperatures tapering and rain running to the forecast, finally, on tuesday and wednesday. today, we will have upper 60's to mid-70's in the santa clara valley with slow and santa clara and milpitas at 70 degrees and menlo park is 71 and most of the peninsula is mid-to-upper 60's and near 60's this afternoon with mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco, and sausalito at 67 and heading up the beach and along the coast, we will be in the upper 50's to near 60 and low-to-mid 70's in the mill valley. oakland is the warm spot at 70 degrees and inland we are at 69

in san ramon but low-to-mid 70's elsewhere and brentwood is at 77 degrees today. tonight, under partly cloudy sky and we will be in the mid-40's to near 50. we will see some clouds along the coast. some will spill into the bay and look out for patchy fog tomorrow morning. san francisco is 116 -- 162nd st. patrick's day parade tomorrow at 2nd and market. you can see it here if the green, all the way down market and headed over to city hall where it will commence. at 11:00, we will be sunny with high clouds again at 60, and then in the low-to-mid 60's for the better part of the afternoon. if you are headed up to tahoe, no record high temperatures today with 67 yesterday, and 69 wednesday and those were record highs in tahoe and 61 today dropping down to 51. you will get snow in tahoe on tuesday and wednesday and here is the storm, tuesday morning, at 8:00, you can see by

wednesday or tuesday evening, there is light rain breaking out and our best chance of rain is tuesday night through wednesday morning, and the rain will slide south and taper on wednesday afternoon. normally we do not but the that much of an effort into a forecast that far away but you know how long it has been since we have had rain. temperatures will taper through the weekend. by tuesday we are back to average. wednesday we will have rain and we will be cooler-than-average and in the 50's. abc7 news is a great weather resource for you and follow us for the latest weather condition s, rain or shine, power outage information, and weather tweets from your favorite weather team and "spare the air" days. >> there is more ahead. >> wait! i have more. >> you do? >> absolutely, from san francisco spca. we will look at our

>> coming up at 3:00 on "katie "john bow jovi, and a school bus driver takes an unscheduled break and he got fired. a study looks at how milk could do more harm than good for women diagnosed with breast cancer. >> now, time for friday's perfect pet. mike is back with pepe. >> this is pepe, and chris from

the spca of san francisco. nice to see you again. we have had a little bit of bad luck with pepe. >> he is 8-year-old mix and he was originally found as a stray and brought to always year ago and he was adopted and unfortunately he was resentsly -- recently returned. he has had bad luck and we are looking for a good home as soon as possible. >> is he okay with young children? >> he is great. he is super friendly and great with everyone. he loves meeting new people. he would be great with kids especially older kid whose understand how small he is and that he is delicate. he gets along with most other dogs, too. >> how long will they live, do you think? a range? >> it is hard to say with dogs, it can be anywhere from 10 years to 20 years. it depends. >> you told me an interesting stat about chihuahuas.

>> they represent half the dogs in bay area child cares and we have a lot of promotions this spring at spca to impact the number. we offer free spay and neuter for all chihuahua and free chihuahua adoptions until may 30th. >> so he is free? >> pepe is free if you want to take him home and so are a lot of his mates and friends from the shelter. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us again. >> we will find you a home. don't worry. if you are interested in pepe or any chihuahua or any other family at the san francisco spca call 415-554-3,000 or check out my facebook page. >> have a great week the. >> next tie, mike, we will have a pekingese and it will be p